A5066063600- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant and animal studies
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Phytoestrogen effects and research
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2020-2025
University of Memphis
2015
1. For solitary bees that specialise on select pollen types (oligoleges), larval development depends the availability of forage from appropriate host plants and naturally occurring microbiota present therein. While access to may be critical for oligolectic bees, extent which contribute their brood success is unknown. 2. To investigate, we used a diet manipulation experiment rear larvae oligolege, Osmia ribifloris , under in‐vitro conditions. Larvae were reared either provisioned by mother or...
Abstract Herbivorous insects utilize olfactory and visual cues to orient on suitable host plants, such can be employed facilitate insect monitoring. Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois is a polyphagous pest throughout North America. Monitoring this as it moves between crop non-crop hosts remains challenging, lack of effective monitoring tools complicates management insect. In study, we examined the electrophysiological behavioral responses L. volatile emissions 2 hosts: alfalfa strawberry....
Shifts in abiotic factors can affect many plant traits, including floral volatiles. This study examined the response of volatiles to water availability and whether phenotypic plasticity differs among populations. It also investigated genetic differentiation volatiles, determined effect temperature on availability, assessed temporal variation scent emission between day evening, since pollinator visitation at those times.Rocky Mountain columbine plants (Aquilegia coerulea), started from seeds...
Abstract Lygus hesperus Knight is a polyphagous pest of major concern to numerous cropping systems across western North America. exhibits well-documented host preferences which may be used develop behavioral management strategies for this pest. This study sought identify plant volatiles that mediate L. and assess the potential those compounds improve monitoring Gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection was applied antennally active in headspace extracts from four plants varying...
Abstract Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois (Hemiptera: Miridae) is the primary insect pest of strawberry in eastern and central North America. Strategies to minimize L. colonization at bloom peak fruit susceptibility without impacting pollinator health must be developed. To this end, we examined potential alfalfa perimeter strips reduce populations June-bearing fields. Over a three-year experiment, densities beneficial arthropod abundance were monitored on three commercial farms where was...
Abstract Herbivorous insects utilize olfactory and visual cues to orient on suitable host plants, such can be employed facilitate insect monitoring. Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois is a polyphagous pest throughout North America. Monitoring this as it moves between crop non-crop hosts remains challenging lack of effective monitoring tools complicates management insect. In study, we examined the electrophysiological behavioral responses L. volatile emissions two hosts: Medicago sativa...